The next several years saw Almira grow from a temporary village to a more substantial city.

It has grown from an area of one square mile to a city containing over and .

The result was that the city grew from a small local market town to a sizable city.

In the first century BC it grew to a substantial city.

Within a period of little more than one year, the city grew from a rural spa village to a major city.

To grow from a village to a town to a city requires major infrastructure construction.

Already the summer camp of less than a hundred had grown to a city of nearly ten thousand.

Cananea grew very quickly from a village of 900 to a city of 20,000.

Great Neck grew from a town to a city; the governing bodies became indifferent to the notion that we needed beneficial changes.

Lowell grew quickly to a city of 33,000 people by 1850.